Read part two here. Read part three here. The three of us are in no hurry to leave the warmth of the earthy albergue after a full night of bonding, but we do because this is what we came to do – walk. “I want to walk alone to have my morning cry,” Steven asserts. …
¡Buen Camino peregrinos! We have been celebrating the new year by – you guessed it – working diligently on the film. There have been a few changes to the film since our last blog update, so we thought we’d fill you in on some of the new and exciting things that we’ve been up to, …
Celebrating milestones with girlfriends is nothing new, but the preoccupation with footwear before this journey was surprising. My good friend was planning a different way to celebrate her 50th birthday, to walk a section of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. After an innocent email suggesting that a spring walk in Spain might be fun, …
Walking the Camino, a documentary film about the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage route that crosses the north of Spain from the French border to within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, begins with a close-up shot of bare feet pounding the soil and then moves to a pilgrim sterilizing a needle …
Read “Life after the Camino – The Tears” here. Read “Life After the Camino – The Yearning to Return” here. Before I left for my first Camino I let everyone know about my plans. I talked about it to many, wrote about it in my blog. During the journey itself I lived so many amazing experiences, some …
Time flies when you’re having fun. I walked to Santiago via the Camino Francés in 2011. Time to look at what I’ve learned from it. Always when you study or learn something, after a while you can see which things are still in your mind and which are not, which are now a habit and …
After several rough cut screenings, survey feedback reviews, and visits back to the ol’ drawing board, The Camino Documentary‘s rough cut is finally flourishing towards an even more cohesive fine cut. Now that the characters’ stories are finalized, the post-production crew is hard at work honing the cut into the best film possible. The difference …
Many of the pilgrims in the film, as with most of us I think, are walking the Camino searching for something, even if it’s just a simple adventure. They share with us what they’re longing for, what they’re seeking . . . but I wonder, if the Camino could speak to us, what would it …
Read part one here. Read part two here. After my hour at the Cruz de Ferro during which I paid homage to my parents, my second dad Louis and my mother-in-law Marjorie, I set out for the rest of my day’s walk. The Cruz de Ferro is a sacred place where many pilgrims seek to …
The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity for Lydia and The Camino Documentary! In order to promote the film’s rough cut, Lydia went on a three week fundraising tour which has led her to the east coast for several screenings. First there were screenings in Virginia at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Roanoke College, …
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